The Ten Commandments (2006) (TV)

Director:

Robert Dornhelm

Writer (WGA):

Ron Hutchinson (written by)

Release Date:

14 April 2006 (Germany)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | War

Tagline:

A grand retelling of the epic story of Moses.

Plot:

A telling of the biblical tale, where Moses returns to Egypt to free the Hebrews from slavery.

Plot Keywords:

Moses | Egypt | Biblical | Biblical Plagues | Religion

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Naveen Andrews	...	Menerith
Ashley Artus	...	Sichem
Claire Bloom	...	Rani
Silas Carson	...	Jered
Simon De Selva	...	Slave Overseer
Paschal Friel	...	Amon
Peter Gevisser	...	Reuven
Patrick Gordon	...	Balaam
Ben Hammersley	...	Young Moses
Greg Hicks	...	Jekuthiel
Louis Hilyer	...	Amram
Lisa Jacobs	...	Jochebed
Tom Keller	...	Yitzchak
Padma Lakshmi	...	Princess Bithia
Susan Lynch	...	Miriam
Mía Maestro	...	Zipporah
Marina Morgan	...	Leah
Hamid Nider	...	Sorcerer
Richard O'Brien	...	Tutor
Paul Rhys	...	Ramses
Linus Roache	...	Aaron
Rudy Ruggiero	...	Tribes Guard #1
Karim Saleh	...	Joshua
Adrian Schiller	...	Shemaiah
David Schneider	...	Tobia
Dougray Scott	...	Moses
Omar Sharif	...	Jethro
Matthew Sim	...	Sorcerer
Hannah Taylor-Gordon	...	Rachel (as Hannah Taylor Gordon)
John Wark	...	Laban

Directed by
Robert Dornhelm

Writing credits (WGA)
Ron Hutchinson		(written by)

Produced by
Bernard Dudek	....	producer
Robert Halmi Sr.	....	producer
Laura Julian	....	line producer
Paul Lowin	....	producer

Original Music by
Randy Edelman

Cinematography by
Edward J. Pei

Film Editing by
Mark Conte
Victor Du Bois
Klaus Hundsbichler
Ingrid Koller

Casting by
Joyce Gallie
Lynn Kressel
Sally Osoba

Production Design by
Keith Wilson

Art Direction by
Alistair Kay

Set Decoration by
Luca Tranchino

Costume Design by
Ann Hollowood

Makeup Department
Sonia Akouz	....	makeup artist
Khalid Alami	....	key makeup artist
Michele Baylis	....	makeup department head
Michele Baylis	....	makeup designer
Zineb Bendoula	....	hair stylist
Zhor Bennani	....	makeup artist
Jennifer Harty	....	makeup artist
Vicki Lang	....	makeup artist
Angie Mudge	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Zakaria Alaoui	....	production supervisor
Gavin Barclay	....	post-production supervisor
Omar Chraibi	....	unit manager
Nigel Marchant	....	production supervisor
Tamás Mink	....	unit manager
Karen Mayeda Vranek	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tarik Ait Ben Ali	....	second second assistant director: Morocco
Michelangelo Csaba Bolla	....	first assistant director
Werner Boote	....	second unit director
Yann Mari Faget	....	second second assistant director: Morocco
Ahmed Hatimi	....	assistant director: Morocco
Zinedine Ibnou Jabal	....	second assistant director
Larbi Idrissi	....	second assistant director: second unit
Andrew McEwan	....	second assistant director: second unit
Mohamed Nesrate	....	first assistant director: second unit
Peter Palka	....	third assistant director
Trevor Puckle	....	second assistant director
Tarik Saqi	....	second assistant director: second unit
Ali Tahiri	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Alessandro Alberti	....	assistant art director
Abdellah Baadil	....	assistant art director
Elhoussaine Baouzine	....	construction secretary
Harold Burst	....	head of department plasterer
Bryn Court	....	sculptor
Tommaso Dubla	....	head painter
Warren Flanagan	....	concept illustrator
Mike Fowlie	....	property master
Marco Furbatto	....	draughtsman
Alan Harvey	....	props
Abdenabi Izlaguen	....	art department assistant
Hanane Jabir	....	draughtswoman
Mickey Law	....	construction coordinator
Terry Law	....	head carpenter
Aziz Mhand	....	props
Philip Murphy	....	props
Rachid Quiat	....	assistant art director
Amin Rharda	....	props buyer
Gianpaolo Rifino	....	draughtsman
Zhivko Zhelyazkov	....	storyboard artist
Abdenabi Izlaguen	....	props buyer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Brahim Ait Belkas	....	boom operator: second unit
Sean Byrne	....	sound editor
Tim Chilton	....	foley artist
Bob Costanza	....	sound effects editor
Alistair Crocker	....	sound mixer
Kevin Fisher	....	sound effects editor
James Harbour	....	sound recordist: second unit
Adam Margetts	....	boom operator
Stacey Michaels	....	adr foley mixer
Stacey Michaels	....	adr mixer
Terry O'Bright	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alex Raspa	....	adr mixer: New York
Jonathan Rimas	....	adr mixer
Keith Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Torres	....	foley mixer
Colin Wood	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Stuart Brisdon	....	special effects supervisor
Ferenc Deák	....	special effects coordinator
Belaid Fougdal	....	special effects
Szilard Gergely	....	special effects technician
Mark Haddenham	....	special effects senior technician
Endre Korda	....	special effects coordinator: Hungary
Balázs M. Kovács	....	special effects assistant
Ian Lowe	....	senior special effects technician
Lawrence Michael	....	special effects floor supervisor: second unit
Attila Sarkadi	....	special effects technician
Nigel Wilkinson	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Kris Anderson	....	digital compositor
Hassan Elsayed Ashraf	....	CG lead effect animator
László Aszalós	....	3D painter
András Miklós Balogh	....	CG effects artist
Dave Bannister	....	digital compositor: Rushes
Daniel Barrow	....	visual effects producer: post production
Paul Beard	....	visual effects line producer: Men From Mars
Zoltán Benyó	....	CG supervisor
Gary J. Brown	....	digital effects artist
Péter Bujdosó	....	concept artist
Melanie Byrne	....	assistant visual effects producer: Rushes
Graham Cristie	....	digital artist
Harriet Donington	....	visual effects producer
Hozelito Duric	....	CG crowd simulation
Chris Elson	....	digital compositor: Rushes
Guy Elson	....	digital compositor: Rushes
Péter Farkas	....	CG roto artist
Ádám Fiers	....	assistant compositor
James Foster	....	digital artist
Shuna Frood	....	visual effects producer: Men From Mars
Katie Goodwin	....	visual effects artist
Tom Hocking	....	digital effects artist
György Horváth	....	CG workflow manager
Louise Hussey	....	digital effects producer
Veress Kovács István	....	matte painter
Matthew Jacques	....	digital artist
Hayden Jones	....	lead digital artist
Lehel Karsa	....	CG effects animator
Pál Klemm	....	compositor
Isaac Layish	....	digital effects artist
Andras Liptak	....	visual effects assistant
Alex Llewellyn	....	digital compositor
Imre Lovász	....	framework & technical manager
Victoria McDowell	....	visual effects line producer
Alexandra C. Mende	....	visual effects editor
Károly Mesterházy	....	3D lead effects artist
Miklós Mesterházy	....	3D effects artist
Sándor Molnár	....	CG character modeler
Marcell Nagy	....	3D matte painter
Tom Pegg	....	digital effects artist
Ágoston Princz	....	3D effects animator
Jonathan Privett	....	digital effects supervisor: Rushes
Veljko Radenkovic	....	CG crowd simulation
Jackie Rowson	....	digital effects artist
László Sebõ	....	CG effects supervisor
David Sjodin	....	digital compositor: Rushes
Peter Sved	....	CG artist
Péter Svéd	....	CG artist
Miklós Szabó	....	compositor
Mátyás Szabó	....	3D animator
Zoltán Szegedi	....	CG artist
Gábor Székely	....	technical assistant
Ria Tamok	....	compositor
Gábor Tóth	....	compositor
Jenõ Udvardi	....	visual effects supervisor
Gábor Vaszkun	....	lead character animator
Péter Zavorszky	....	visual effects production manager
András Ónódi	....	CG effects artist
Jez Tucker	....	senior systems administrator (uncredited)

Stunts
Rachid Abbad	....	stunts
Mourad Barouche	....	stunts
Joseph Beddelem	....	stunt performer
Hamid Bourhza	....	stunts
Othman Ilyassa	....	stunt performer (as Othman Il Yassa)
Philippe Losson	....	stunt performer
Youssef Marchouki	....	stunts (as Youssef Merchouki)
Abdellah Oukseh	....	stunts
Francois Poirier	....	stunt performer
Cedric Proust	....	stunt arranger
Cedric Proust	....	stunt coordinator
Florian Robin	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Alessandro Bolognesi	....	Steadicam operator
Alessio Bramucci	....	best boy electric
Patrick Bramucci	....	gaffer
Dai Evans	....	grip: second unit
Christopher Haifley	....	clapper loader: "a" camera (as Chris Haifley)
Jeroen Hendriks	....	camera technician
Romain Leroy	....	second assistant camera
Rupert Lloyd-Parry	....	grip: second unit
Ermanno Lubich	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Josef Mittendorfer	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Michael Nassuato	....	clapper loader: "b" camera
Michele Nassuato	....	assistant camera
Pal Paluch	....	key dolly grip
Michael Riebl	....	director of photography: second unit
Michael Rintoul	....	camera operator: "a" camera
James Sprattley	....	focus puller: "a" camera (as James Spratley)
Gerry Vasbenter	....	Steadicam operator
Gerry Vasbenter	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Derek Walker	....	Steadicam operator
Derek Walker	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Ken Woroner	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Mohamed Essaghir Aabach	....	casting assistant
Lois J. Drabkin	....	casting associate
Taoufik El Jannani	....	casting assistant
Saad Fekhari	....	casting assistant
Lynn Kressel	....	casting: USA
Omar Tisli	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Abdelkrim Akallach	....	crowd wardrobe supervisor
Daryl Bristow	....	wardrobe supervisor
Jirina Eisenhamerova	....	costumer
Jirina Eisenhamerova	....	wardrobe
Otmane Khammari	....	wardrobe assistant
Hana Kucerova	....	key costumer
Patricie Soptenková	....	set costumer
Edwin Francis	....	costume coordinator: Rome (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Phillip Dawe	....	post-production assistant
Richard Glazerman	....	assistant editor
Alexandra C. Mende	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Elton Ahi	....	score engineer
David Bondelevitch	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Khalid Ameskane	....	transportation coordinator
Ali Bakkioui	....	transportation captain
Tim Earl	....	driver: camera car
Dave Williams	....	wardrobe truck driver

Other crew
Mustapha Adidou	....	set construction coordinator
Hamid Araissi	....	assistant to the director
Mounir Badia	....	assistant location manager
Khalid Banoujaafar	....	assistant location manager
Khalid Banoujaafar	....	location manager
Bill Barringer	....	location manager
Mohamed Benhmamane	....	location manager: Morocco
Bouchra Bentayeb	....	production secretary
Camerin Burns	....	production assistant
Paul Cadiou	....	supervising production accountant
Mehdi Elkhaoudy	....	production assistant
Alice Hadley	....	contact: UK
Faical Hajji	....	production assistant
Sam Holt	....	travel coordinator
Deirdre Horgan	....	script supervisor
Houda Jabrane	....	unit doctor
Richard Law	....	hod rigger
Myriam Loukili	....	production accountant
Bettina Lyster	....	production coordinator
Sanaz Missaghian	....	contact: UK
Ridouane Nassreddine	....	location assistant
Gareth Powell	....	epk director
Joel Proust	....	horse master
Andrew Pyke	....	assistant accountant
Bryan Rodman	....	floor runner
Rudy Ruggiero	....	dialogue coach
Widad Taha	....	production coordinator: Morocco
Peter Titterell	....	catering supervisor
Julia Wilson Dickson	....	dialogue coach (as Julia Wilson-Dixon)
Attila Zsédenyi	....	office assistant
James Cutting	....	close protection officer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Actuality Productions
• Hallmark Entertainment
• History Channel

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2006) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Con Dios Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (DVD)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Con Dios Entertainment (2011) (New Zealand) (DVD)
• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) (2007) (USA) (TV)

Special Effects

• Rushes Post Production (visual effects)
• Munky

Other Companies

• Hyperactive Broadcast  editing equipment
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Framepool  stock footage
• Mayflower Studios  adr recording studio
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Runway  post-production
• Sky Media Travel  travel agent

Also Known As:

Runtime:

167 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (DVD rating) | USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Hungary

Company:

Actuality Productions

Trivia:

The infant playing baby Moses was named Moses in real life after his mother, an extra in the series, gave birth to him during the making of the series. The director ask her if they could cast him as Moses and she was so honored that she named the baby after him.

Quotes:

Menerith:My son was taken, too.
Moses:I grieve with you.
Menerith:You... grieve? Wasn't this your doing?
Moses:It was God's.
Menerith:You willed it. Ramses will give you your freedom now. Your God won. I think your God is a cruel one.
Aaron:Years ago, Pharaoh sent his soldiers to kill our children.
Menerith:I wasn't among them! My son wasn't there! Why should we be punished?
Moses:I do what God tells me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Making of 'The Ten Commandments' (2006) (TV)

This was horrible

The reason why this movie sucks, have these people even read a bible? Everything in the movie was about moses, God was staying out of it. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN! God directed everything, he told them where to go and what to do. Also the people wandered for 40 years AFTER they arrived at Canan and betrayed God again! They didn't wander for 40 years then suddenly find it, It was a punishment for their doubts. Maybe if the people who made the film actually picked up a Bible first they would say oh no we got it all wrong try again. Everything in this movie was about Moses. They made God look like a jerk who was messing with Moses the whole time. NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!! God was their the whole time and he wanted the people to see he was taking care of them. How dare they say otherwise not even close to the passage. AND Moses was kept out because he was angry at the people and blatantly disobeyed God! He sinned badly and was told he would not be allowed to enter for it. When did moses run off and yell at God for everything in the Bible? NEVER!!!!!! Actually read your story before you make up whatever you think is a good idea. Also this whole God stayed out of it for the most part and made them do it themselves is not true!!! God did everything for the people, he provided for them in every way and God told them where to go. He was there the whole time. The whole we have to do it ourselves is true in some ways, but back then thats not how it worked! Yes today He doesn't work directly for everyone to see, but back then he actually killed people after the golden calf thing! God worked directly with the people. Read the Bible Next Time Echo Bridge or don't make another Bible movie!